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Sunday, November 24. 2013Wood Shop Update - November 23, 2013 New Stiles Eddie Pszczolkowski and Victor Humphreys are rabbeting the glass space on eight stiles to be used in making new cupola windows for our Pennsylvania bobber caboose. Everyone simply calls it the bobber since it is our only four wheel wood caboose, but for those purists the number is 476199  Done in Stile By the end of the day Victor is checking over the completed set of stiles, for the rabbet and also for the tricky tenons which are now done.  Making Rings Around It Eric Lorenz is sanding some wooden rings which will go on the porcelain ceiling light bases for the Cleveland Transit System 4223 PCC car. Bill Peterson painted all eighteen almost as fast as Eric finished touching them up on the disk sander.  Tapped Out The ceiling lights in the 4223 are held in place with square metal plates mounted above the ceiling panel. The fixture, ceiling panel, and metal plate make up a sandwich which is fastened with a set of four screws. The previously painted metal plates had Bill Peterson running a tap through all the holes to 'chase' the threads of any debris.  Seat Work Fred Zimmerman is sanding down seat back sheet metal for Kansas City Public Service 755, another of our PCC cars. This is a good example of one of the many ongoing projects that get chased indoors with winter weather. Work has continued all through the summer, but I do not get over there for pics.  Signs of the Times Bill Wulfert is restoring some hang on destination signs for our Chicago rapid transit cars. Anyone got a steady hand? We need to touch up some lettering where the porcelain has chipped away.  Sign Box Tim Peters is fabricating new turn of the century metal roof mounted sign boxes for Chicago Rapid Transit 1024. Two are needed and almost all of this has to be made from scratch, including cobbling parts for the mechanism for rolling the signs.  ELY Buzz Morisette seems to be enjoying making new roof parts for the dining room in our private car, ELY. This saw had been down for maintenance for a few weeks and now seems to working reliably. |
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Fri, 03-29-2024 21:26
We're slackers and spend more time working on the equipment in the shop than keeping all you readers updated. We'll work on it, but I'm sure updates [...]
Thu, 03-14-2024 08:02
What happened to the Department Blog? It's been over 2 years and I still regularly check for updates, but nothing comes...
Mon, 12-27-2021 16:28
Happy New Year to all the Departments at the Illinois railway Museum! Thanks for all the good work you do in railroad preservation. Ted Miles, [...]
Wed, 10-13-2021 13:33
Was the CB&Q 1309 every transported to IRM?I’ve been reading old issues of Rail&Wire and the car was mentioned several times.
Mon, 06-07-2021 22:40
I was wondering if in the model layout display what scale would you guys be using and would you be displaying model train history as well? Just [...]
Wed, 06-02-2021 17:27
Nice to see 428's cab back on. Looking forward to when it is operable!
Tue, 06-01-2021 16:47
I hope the work will continue on the UP #428. Now that they are the museum's connection to the national railroad network; she would be very [...]
Sat, 04-17-2021 23:07
What is the status of 126, the Milwaukee Buffet car that is in S. Dakota? Any guess on when or if it will get to IRM?
Wed, 04-14-2021 21:09
Perhaps it is time to scrap the remains of the c, B & Q 7128 to make room for the Villa Real. Ted miles, IRM member
Wed, 04-14-2021 15:26
Hi IRM my name is Jason and I was wonder If you guys would be willing to save a CN Dash8-40cm they are currently being retired by CN and being [...]
Fri, 04-09-2021 19:56
Bear in mind that the Nebraska Zephyr is an articulated train set, so cars cannot be inserted at will. Although cars and/or a second engine could be [...]
Wed, 03-31-2021 11:37
I believe Silver Pony is currently on the back burner, and has been put into storage in one of the barns. The car needs a lot of work done to it's [...]